So what? C4C wasn't designed to reduce carbon, C4C was designed to take fuel-inefficient vehicles off the road. Moreover, who should give a darn about Goracle's comments? Nearly 8 months ago, folks like Goracle was defending Bush, now he's someone who destroyed the economy with the Democrats help? Folks like me was telling people like Goracle that Bush was leading us to hell, but they didn't listen and will continue to not listen. Sometimes you listen to the facts and sometimes you listen to Beck, Limbaugh and Hannity! The facts will always win! To address the comment that C4C should be focused on purchasing American cars: Almost all of the "foreign" cars bought under C4C was built in US based factories, anchored with American workers, so I say: How "American" is our American cars?

The federal government’s Cash for Clunkers aims to stimulate the economy, provide relief for automobile manufacturers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, the program is paying nearly 10 times the projected price of carbon credits per ton in the best-case scenario, according to an analy...

Michael Kirsch, M.D. you said:
"I don't think that the public option is to 'keep the privates honest'; I think it is to eliminate them."
And this is a bad thing? Let's face it: The HMOs were making a lot of money, but jilting a lot of folks out of their insurance. Not only should a public option should be around, but that public option should be single payer based.

Today, the the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee passed its reform bill on a party-line vote, thirteen to ten. Yesterday, the three House committees writing healthcare legislation released the final text of their bill. Left behind in the dust, the Senate Finance Comm...